The Gendering of Inequalities: Women, Men and Work

Book Details

• Author: Jane Jenson

• Publisher: Routledge

• Language: English

• Edition: 1

• ISBN: 9781138704176

• Pages: 336

• Cover: Paperback

• Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches

About the Book

In "Gender and Labour Market Restructuring," Jane Jenson examines the changing landscape of work and gender relations, offering a critical analysis of the shifts in labor markets over the past few decades. The book challenges traditional frameworks used to analyze women in the workforce, arguing that the economic restructuring of labor markets has significantly altered the conditions women face today.

Originally published in 2000, the book's foundational premise is that many analyses of gender and work fail to address two key issues. First, labor markets are no longer structured as they were in the 1960s when the tools for analyzing "women and work" were initially created. The rise of flexible, non-standard work, precarious contracts, and growing income disparities have transformed the nature of employment. This shift complicates political claims and analysis, which were once based on the idea of a single, unified labor market and centered on discrimination and traditional employment.

Jenson emphasizes the need for new solutions to address contemporary challenges, such as the feminization of the labor force and the inequalities that arise from new gender relations embedded in today's labor market. The book argues that understanding these gendered patterns is essential to understanding contemporary labor markets and the public policies that shape them.

This thought-provoking work offers valuable insights for anyone interested in labor market theory, gender studies, and the evolving dynamics of work in the 21st century.